The Standard You Walk Past Is The Standard You Accept

Nice blog post – specifically about how officials in Australia’s Army are changing things for women in the army, but broadly about women and their place in the world, and about power and how it should not be built on humiliating others.

Nice quotes in the post:

No-one has ever explained to me how the exploitation or degradation of others enhances capability or honors the traditions of the Australian Army.

and

The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.

also

NCOs and officers who cannot keep their own troops from victimizing each other have not achieved the necessary unit cohesion to expect troops to operate effectively in the field.